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WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)

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In this WSB newsfilm clip from April 5, 1968, former Georgia governor Carl Sanders calls on fellow Georgians to resolve racial tensions in the wake of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. Sanders declares that young Georgians must "speak out against those who preach hatred." He demands that "purveyors of hate" take responsibility for creating dangerous situations.

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New Georgia Encyclopedia

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Assassination
  3. Atlanta
  4. Atlanta (Ga.)
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Georgia
  7. Governors
  8. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929 1968
  9. Men
  10. Politicians
  11. Race Relations
  12. Racism
  13. Sanders, Carl Edward, 1925
  14. Speeches, Addresses, Etc., American
  15. United States

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